6th Jaipur Photojournalism Seminar, Featured Speaker (appeared remotely), Chasing Stories – Capturing Moments, IMAGINE Photojournalist Society, Jaipur, India, Dec. 5, 2020
“CUBA-USA Relations: The Challenge of Coexistence Based on Mutual Interests,” Panelist, Centro de Investigaciones de Política Internacional (CIPI), Instituto Superior de Relaciones Internacionales (ISRI), Havana, Cuba, December 16-19, 2019
Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers, Workshop leader, training session for investigative journalists, Mexico City, Mexico, April 6-7, 2019
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, Invited speaker, event sponsored by Medill and the Pulitzer Center, Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2019
Flagler College, Speaker, event for students seeking grants from the Pulitzer Center, St. Augustine, Florida, March 11, 2019
Flagler College, Moderator, Q&A panel for Roy Gutman, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, St. Augustine, Florida, March 12, 2019
Flagler College, Moderator, Q&A panel for Mark Murray, senior political editor, NBC News, St. Augustine, Florida, March 15, 2018
Rollins College, Panelist, Cuba at the Crossroads, a Latin American and Caribbean Studies symposium, Winter Park, Florida, Feb. 10, 2017
International Communication Association, Panelist, Communication Interventions in Fostering Democratic Societies: Countries in Transition, San Diego, California, May 29, 2017
Florida International University, Invited speaker, Capstone Journalism Class about Cuba Miami, Florida, March 22, 2016
Hacks/Hackers Miami, Participant, Miami Media Party, a workshop on digital innovation in the U.S. and Latin America, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, Feb. 13-14, 2015
Superior Institute of International Relations, Panelist, Eighth Series of Talks on the Foreign Policy of the United States, Projections, Trends and Prospects on U.S.-Cuba Relations During the Last Two Years of the Administration of Barack Obama, Havana, Cuba, Dec. 15-18, 2014
Investigative Reporters & Editors, Participant, Watchdog Workshop, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, Nov. 8, 2014
Crescent Beach Study Group, Invited speaker, St. Augustine, Florida, Oct. 14, 2014
National Press Photographers Association, Participant, Multimedia Immersion 2012 workshop, Newhouse Public School of Communications, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, May 15-19, 2012
Flagler College, Invited speaker, Community Lecture Series, Afghanistan: Pursuing the Taliban, St. Augustine, Florida, April 10, 2012
Cuba Futures: Past and Present, Panelist, Digital Dilemmas: The Internet and Blogs in Cuba Today, Bildner Center, City University of New York, New York City, April 1, 2011
Hemispheric Freedom Symposium, Invited speaker, Cuba: The Battle for Hearts and Minds, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sept. 22, 2010
CubaCon 2010, Keynote speaker, Cuban art and culture conference, Provincetown, Massachusetts, June 12, 2010
Universidad San Francisco Xavier, Media trainer, led 20-hour workshop on investigative journalism for Bolivian journalists and university students, Sucre, Bolivia, Sept. 11-13, 2009
Society of Professional Journalists, Participant, Region 3 Convention, Unconventional ’09, Hollywood, Florida, April 3-4, 2009
Prensa Libre newspaper, Media trainer, conducted four-day workshop on investigative journalism, Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 1-4, 2008
Investigative Reporters & Editors, Moderator, Post-Castro Cuba Panel, Miami, Florida, June 5-8, 2008
Flagler College, Invited speaker, Community Lecture Series, Cuba after Fidel: America’s Friend?, St. Augustine, Florida, April 8, 2008
Poynter National Writers’ Workshop, Panelist, Covering Organized Crime, San Antonio, Texas, May 20-21, 2006
National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Journalists Across Boundaries: Reporting the U.S.-Mexico Border, Panelist, Writing about Drug Gangs and Organized Crime, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, March 10-11, 2006
Seminar – Drug Trafficking: Investigations and News Coverage, Invited speaker, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Jan. 26-27, 2006
23rd Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean, Panelist, Good Governance in Cuba: Present and Future Challenges, Coral Gables, Florida, May 5-7, 2005
21st Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean, Panelist, Is National Reconciliation with Cuba Possible?, Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, May 1-3, 2003
Journalists, War and Terrorism – First International Forum, Invited speaker, Coverage of Enduring Freedom Military Operation in Afghanistan, Vision of a Multi-Media Journalist, Sergio Arboleda University, Social Communication and Journalism School, Bogota, Colombia, January 29-30, 2003
Third Worldwide Gathering of War Correspondents, Invited speaker, War coverage in Afghanistan, Association of Cuban Journalists, Havana, Cuba, October 2002
Encuentro en la Frontera/Gathering on the Border, Invited speaker, Investigating Drugs and International Crime Rings, Ciudad Juárez, Texas, Nov. 15-16, 1997
Journalism workshop, Media trainer, conducted two-day workshop on investigative journalism for print and radio journalists, Managua, Nicaragua, 1997
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